USA: Still failing human rights in the name of global

USA: Still failing human rights in the name of global

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27 For example, when Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was arrested in Pakistan in March 2003, he was not brought to trial in US federal court (where he had previously been indicted), but instead put into secret CIA detention for the next three and a half years. Three days after his arrest, Attorney General John Ashcroft said that “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s capture is first and foremost an intelligence opportunity”. That same month, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected at least 183 times to the torture technique known as “waterboarding”, according to documents now in the public realm.

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Pakistan: Two Men Face Execution, One Convicted at 16 (UA 50/15)

Two men are due to be executed in Karachi Central Prison on 7 March. One of the men was aged 16 when he was sentenced to death in 1999. Unless halted, this will take the number of executions to 26 since the moratorium was lifted in December 2014.